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We stayed outside Tarbert but made use of Tarbert for shopping, petrol and dinner. The town is cute (there aren't many towns to speak of on these islands anyway) and has all the basic necessities you'd need during a stay on Harris/Lewis. Obviously, for anything major, you'd have to go to Stornoway, but that doesn't usually apply to people on holidays.

Tarbert is a small island town, with small shops. There is a reasonable sized car park in the centre. It has a butcher/grocer store, and a small post office, a friendly small charity shop, and a Bank of Scotland. For tourist gifts there is the Harris Tweed store near the distillery, as well as the lovely “essence of Harris” soap and candle shop in the town centre, near the Calmac office. There are two hotels: the modern Hotel Hebrides opposite the Calmac office building, and the more upmarket Harris Hotel just up on the road to North Harris: both are ideal bases from which to explore Harris and Lewis, with the mountains, beaches, and cycling routes. We loved Tarbert, very relaxed and friendly, with a lovely community feel.

Not as much there as I expected, limited choice of places to eat dinner. Be prepared to travel long distances to visit the fabulous pristine white beaches of South Harris. Bring what you need as one shop charged £15:95 for a tube of Voltoral, the Co-op in Stornaway same tube same size £5:95. What a rip off, can't recall the name it was the middle of the street a few doors down from the newsagent, not the shop at the top of the hill. If you want an amazing meal with a fabulous view try Talla Na Malla, it's around 15 miles South of Tarbet, but so worth it, if there at sunset it's truly beautiful.

Wow! where do I start, the whole place was great, everyone on the Island were really friendly, Dunarain guest house was our choice of stay and have given a 5* review, did a total of 270 miles all around Harris, Stornaway, Butt of Harris, south Harris, and a trip down the Golden Road is a must for any visitor, we will defiantly visit Harris again and allow more time as we only stayed three nights

We were holidaying in November and a lot of Tarbert (and the rest of the island) was closed. If you are self catering there are two small grocery stores but you might need to travel to Stornoway for a larger shop. The surrounding area - 3 miles south where we were staying was lovely with beautiful views.

Book if you want to go out to eat. Remember to wear a face mask when shopping. Local people very friendly and helpful. Drive careful and be respectful of passing places and other drivers. Some businesses still closed due to Covid.